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Hl C. STAUFFER;

Hay Carrier.

Patented De. 1, 1868.

No. 84,591.v

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HIRAM C. STOUFFER, OEBEAVER TOWNSHIP, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND GEORGE SMITH, OF POLAND, OHIO.

Letters Patent'Na 84,591, dated .December ISGS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Hman C. STOUFFER, .of Beaver township, in the county of Mahoning, andv State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Hay-Carrier; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactv descliption of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to apparatus for carrying hay from the load to the mow, and consists mainly in the combination of a slotted block with a trip-catch peculiarly arranged, by means of which the hay is raised and carried to any part of the mow. y

The details of construction will be fully described hereinafter, with the manner of operation.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my iuvention appertains, to nake and use thesame, I will now proceed to describe fully the mannerV of construct# ing and operating thesame.

Arepresents a movable block, containingtvvo pulleys, (t and al, the former of which is placed at the top of the block, as shown, and the latter of which is placed at the lower side,-in one corner, for the purpose of leaving room for the other devices.

"Within the block A are also located the socket a2 and trip-catch c3, to the short arm of the latter of which is hung the frame a4, having the eye a5. A slot is made through the block uponeach side, in which the frame c* has a limited movement, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. The hook of tripcatch a3 projects up Within the socket a2, as shown in Figm-e l, a portion of thel latter being cut away for that purpose.

B represents a stationaryv block, located at the back of the mow.

G also .represents a stationary, block, having two pulleys, c c, the block being attached to a rafter or other suitable point over the load of hay.

D represents a small supplemental block, located in rear of block C, which may be used or not, as desired.

The block C is provided with arms c2, as shown, between Which is held the catch c3, which is constructed of a bar pivoted in the centre, and provided at one end with the hook ci, and at the other with the eye c5.

Attached to the 'socket of block A, is a small rope, x, which passes through hook c4 and eye o5 of this catch, and thence over pulleys c, and through block D. To the free end of the rope is attached a weight, af, as shown.

E represents a rope of suitable strength, one end of which is attached either to the block A,'or directly to the hay-fork. If the former arrangement is used, a small pulley is attached to the foi-k, through which the rope passes ii'orn the block. From this point the free end of the rope is carried up over pulley al in block A,

thence to stationary block B at the back of the mow,

after passing around which, itis carried under pulley (t in block A, thence over pulley c in block C, and down to a block a-iixed to any convenient point near the ground. Upon this rope, at a proper distancev from its attachment to the fork, a knot or some other. suitable stop-device is placed.

Then thus arranged, if a horse be attached to the ground-end of the rope, the apparatus is ready for use.

The operation is as i'ollovvs:

The trip-catch a3 of block A shouldsbe caught into the hook of catch c upon block C, by which means the block A is held over the load. The fork havins` been thrust into the hay, the horse is set in motiorl. and the hay commences to rise. The movement conl tinues in a perpendicular direction, until the knot or stop upon the rope comes in contact with the eye af of frame ai, by which means the latter is elevatcd,'and consequently the long arm of trip-catch a3 is depressed.

By this operation, the block A is disengaged from its connection with block G by the catches described,

and tlie former runs rapidly back to the rear of the mow. When the proper point isreached, the hay is disengaged from the fork in any proper method, and the block A is drawn back by thevrope a: and Weight x', until the catch c3 again engages with the hook c. The fork is now drawn down by the small rope attached, and the operation is repeated until the load is all transferred to the mow.

It will be observed that the block A travels in a horizontal direction, when disengaged, by means of the arrangement of the upper pulley a, Which'rests upon the rope, as shown.

'The arrangement of the,rope x is such, (it being attached to the socket a?, and passing through the hook and eye of catch 03,) that the catches a3 and cg cannot fail to unite, when the block A is free to come in contact with the block B. The strain of the rope i' also acts as a spring to keep catch ca in place'.

I do not claim broadly the idea of elevating hay and carrying it to the mow, vfor I am well aware that this operation is performed by many devices already patented; but

What I do claim, and desire to vsecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The slotted block A, constructed and arranged as- WM. 1H. BARN-Ess, W. G. HnNnIuoKs. 

